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DESCRIPTIONS OF THE SHRUBS 



specimens. The common dwarf form, Dwarf Dolabrata Arborvit^ 

 (590) — nS,na — is a very light glossy green bush, with slender branch- 

 lets. There is a form of this with creamy tips to the branchlets, varie- 

 gata. 



Fig. 599. — Globe Arborvitse. 



Fig. 600. — Little Gem Arborvitffi. 



CoMMpN ARBORviTiE — Thuja occidentaiis — has the largest number of 

 dwarf forms; most of them have fan-shaped spray, many having colored, 

 other than green, and variegated foliage. Only a few of the 30 or 

 more can here be mentioned. One of the smallest. Dwarf Arborvit^ 

 — dum6sa, — rarely grows over 3 feet high, and is a spreading, irregularly 

 branching shrub, with crowded and tufted fan-shaped parts; Globe Ar-. 

 BOKviT^ (599) — globbsa — is a bright green somewhat open rounded 

 shrub with slender branches; Hovet's Arborvit.*; — Hoveyi — is sim- 

 ilar to the last but more dense and ovate in shape ; Little Gem Arbor- 

 viT^ (600) is a spreading dark green very dwarf shrub, broader than 

 high; Babt-itellow Arborvit.* — liltea n^na — is a dwarf compact 

 bush with golden foliage. 



Eastern or Chinese Arborvit.s) — Thuja orientS,lis — also has a 

 number of dwarf forms vrith light green, dark green, and colored foliage, 

 having fan-shaped spray : Golden Dwarf Arboetit^ (601) — atirea 

 na,na — is very dwarf and compact, with golden foliage ; Ever-golden 

 Arbobvitje — semperaur&cens — is more globose, and the yellow color 



